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Registering a Child Born in the UK as a British Citizen after 10 years
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

In This Article 1. Registering a Child as a British Citizen: An Overview 2. Entitlement to Register as a British Citizen 3. Meeting the Good Character Requirement for British Citizenship 4. Evidence and Documentation...

 Required for British Citizenship Registration 5. Referees for the Application 6. Parental Consent: Is It Required for Registration? 7. Considering the Child’s Best Interests in British Citizenship...

Registration of a child born in the UK as a British Citizen
By Richmond Chambers -

Children born in the UK on or after 1 January 1983, whose parents have only limited leave (for example, visitors, students, Point Based System migrant, refugees granted status after 30 August 2005 and who are granted...

 limited leave initially), or who have a form of limited exceptional leave (for example humanitarian protection, discretionary leave, leave outside the rules), or who have no leave (for example asylum...

Good character - what has changed?
By Richmond Chambers -

The British Nationality Act 1981 requires any person who is over the age of 10 who wishes to register or naturalise as a British Citizen to be of ‘good character’. This is not defined in the Act, but Home...

 Office nationality policy guidance explains how ‘good character’ will be assessed. This contains a non-exhaustive list of conduct that will mean an applicant is not of ‘good character’ including...

Revised UK childhood good character test should be scrapped
By Richmond Chambers -

Campaigners say the government’s revised guidance on how the good character test is applied to children does not go far enough and still does not protect the rights of young people who have grown up in the UK...

 and wish to naturalise. Good character requirement The good character requirement applies to children aged 10 and over, as this is the age of criminal responsibility. The review of the policy comes after a...

When is a child born in the UK to EU national parents British?
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

Section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (the “BNA 1981”), titled “Acquisition by birth or adoption”, provides: “(1) A person born in the United Kingdom after commencement, or in a qualifying territory...

 on or after the appointed day, shall be a British citizen if at the time of the birth his father or mother is— (a) a British citizen; or (b) settled in the United Kingdom or that territory.” In...

Naturalisation as a British Citizen - A wide discretion
By Richmond Chambers -

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission has given an open judgment in relation to the statutory review of decisions by the Secretary of State to refuse applications for citizenship by relatives of Bashar Al-Assad,...

 in the case of LA, MA, RA, SAA v Secretary of State for the Home Department SN/63, 64, 65 and 67/2015. Section 6(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981 gives the Secretary of State the discretion to...

Influx in EU Expats Applying for UK Citizenship
By Richmond Chambers -

There has been a significant increase in the number of Europeans living in the UK applying for British Citizenships, with many fearing that the country could leave the UK according to solicitors and community leaders. The...

 rise in the number of applications comes following the announcement of the EU referendum, with many being unsure of the impact that the UK potentially leaving the EU would have on their life. With...

Are you of good character?
By Richmond Chambers -

If you are age 10 or over and are applying to become a British citizen, the Secretary of State will need to be satisfied that you are of “good character”. Although the requirement is worded slightly differently...

 depending on whether the application is for registration or naturalisation, effectively the test is the same as in both types of application the onus is on the applicant to satisfy the Secretary of State...

Do you have a claim to British citizenship?
By Richmond Chambers -

There are several benefits to British citizenship, including the right to live and work in the UK without express permission and, very often, more generous provisions regarding entry to and residence in...

 other countries. A good place to start with any immigration enquiry can often be to consider whether there is a potential claim to British citizenship. The answer may be a straightforward “Yes” or “No”;...

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